The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1887-12-14
BARNES D1sTErC

Barney Erdman is on the sick list.
Mrs E. Drake,is visiting her sister at st.
Joseph.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. Lane, December
5tb, son.
Vim. Erdman returned home from Chicago
on Saturday last. He is nursing felon on
one of his fingers
Our lyceum is we'll attended. Next ques-
ton for discussion RcS0l0ed-That a college
education is detrimental to manual labor.
The Lawrence grange has missed three
meetings on account of bad weather. It's
next regular meeting will be held on the 3lst
installation of officers.
Mrs. partridge, whose illness was mentioned
in the NoRTHERNER some time since, is slow
ly but surely declining. Her friends have
no expectation of her recovery.
Mrs. Fred Bernard, some three weeks since
was taken with violent toothache and went
| into commissions. For time her friends
despaired of her life, but she rallied and is
now in fair way to recover.
Deacon Rice. who has been confined tc
his house for the past six years, was taken
to the polls on election day, where he voted
for local prohibition. The deacon has
always voted on the right side.
There will be Christmas tree in this dis
/ trict on Saturday evening, December path
| The exercises will consist of music, speeches
declarations 10y the little folks etc. The
names OF the committee are a guarantee OF
success.
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PROSPECT LAKE.
Levi Johnson has purchased an engine OF
a Toledo, o., firm and will soon be prepared
to do saving for everybody.
! Skunk hunters had better be careful how
they dig pits upon other peoples farms as
they may be obliged to ill them up again
| besides paying out all the profits derived
from the captured skunks.
We understand the postoffce will change
hands soon. Dennis Cooper's health is SC
poor that he can not attend to it. repub
lican will have TO be p M, as there is not
mugwump in the neighborhood.
We Internationally misrepresented Jane,
Abrams by saying he had gone to Lansing
He did not 90 there, but went in another
direction. We will not pretend TO say where
he went; he came back and that is all W,
care about it.
Elmer Clark who commenced teaching il
our district, was obliged To close after thre,
days. But we have a school maam. inst tn,
same, with strawberry blonde hair, G.
Robinson by name. by the way, is not th,
new law wedding out the teachers too closely
We bear lots of grumbling about it.
Fred Phelps is no sleepy head, but he 90
caught mapping last Tuesday evening, jus
the same. about thirty young people drov,
20 his place and surprised him. suppe
was served by the ladies and a good socia
time was enjoyed by all except one person
who ate seventeen apples and complained
that his appetite was poor. A nice set o
table linen was left as memento of the raid
On the evening of the Sth inst, about 10
invited guests assembled at the residence O
Charles T. Christie to- witness the marriag
ceremony, performed by Rev. Mr.. Grower o
Lawrence. that united their daughter Addi
to Frank Neon. a bountiful repast wa
: served, after which the customary congratu
} lations were offered. The newly Marie
couple were driven to Decatur, where the
took the night express for Chicago, at whic
city they will spend few days, when the
will return and settle upon the McCon farm
The presents were numerous and elegan
, We wish them happy future.